Seeking refuge with Allah's perfect words when stopping at a place
She heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "When one of you stops at a place, let him say:
āʿūdhu bi-kalimāt Allāhi al-tāmmāti min sharri mā khalaq
(I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created. Then nothing will harm him until he departs from it.)"
He said: A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: Messenger of Allah, how I suffered from a scorpion that stung me last night! He said: "If only you had said when evening came upon you: I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created, it would not have harmed you."
أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «إِذَا نَزَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ مَنْزِلاً فَلْيَقُلْ:
أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ؛
فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَضُرُّهُ شَىْءٌ حَتَّى يَرْتَحِلَ مِنْهُ».
أَنَّهُ قَالَ: جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، مَا لَقِيتُ مِنْ عَقْرَبٍ لَدَغَتْنِي الْبَارِحَةَ. قَالَ: «أَمَا لَوْ قُلْتَ حِينَ أَمْسَيْتَ: أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ، لَمْ تَضُرُّكَ».
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